Developer Allen Jones is planning a 10,500 square foot commercial building on Igou Gap Road at Denton Lane.
The staff of the Regional Planning Agency is recommending approval of the rezoning.
It comes before the Planning Commission next Monday at 1 p.m.
The RPA staff said, " The applicant’s site plan depicts a one-story building centered on the lot with 57 parking spaces ringing the building. The site will have access from both Igou Gap Road and Denton Lane.
"The 1.20-acre site is currently vacant and heavily vegetated. Based on information provided by the applicant, there is an existing drainage easement on the property that will need to be addressed as the property is developed. Property to the north is zoned C-2 Convenience Commercial Zone with a hotel. To the west, immediately adjacent to the site, is a bank with an R-4 Special Zone classification. To the south, across Igou Gap Road, is the commercially-zoned shopping center anchored by Target and Kohl’s. To the east across Denton Lane are single-family homes zoned R-1 Residential Zone.
"Two prior cases were both withdrawn for this site. Case 2004-143 was a rezoning request for C-2 Convenience Commercial Zone which was later changed to O-1 Office Zone. That case was deferred for lack of a site plan then was asked to be withdrawn by applicant. Opposition was present at Planning Commission. Case 2005-083 was a request to rezone to C-2 Convenience Commercial Zone and O-1 Office Zone. This rezoning request was withdrawn prior to the Regional Planning Agency completing a staff recommendation.
"This site is within the 2001 Hamilton Place Community Plan which identifies the site as appropriate for commercial land use. The land use principles of that plan recommend that new development be configured so that it is compatible with existing adjoining uses. An example of this compatibility
includes placing smaller scale, less intense buildings next to existing neighborhoods."